II 112th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2897 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 8, 2012 Mr. Menendez introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To provide for the reliquidation of certain entries of orange juice from Brazil, and for other purposes.

1.

Reliquidation of certain orange juice entries

(a)

In general

Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall, not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, liquidate or reliquidate the entries listed in subsection (c) in accordance with the final results of the administrative reviews undertaken by the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce with respect to the antidumping duty order on certain orange juice from Brazil (Case Number A–351–840) and covering the periods from August 24, 2005, through February 28, 2007, and from March 1, 2007, through February 29, 2008. (b)

Payment of amounts owed

Any amounts owed by the United States pursuant to the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry under subsection (a) shall be paid by U.S. Customs and Border Protection not later than 90 days after such liquidation or reliquidation with interest. (c)

Affected Entries

The entries referred to in subsection (a) are the following: Entry NumberDate of Entry 032–0354213–312/14/2006 032–0358707–004/05/2007 032–0362302–407/09/2007

2.

Prohibition on collection of certain payments made under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000

(a)

In General

Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in subsection (c), neither the Secretary of Homeland Security nor any other person may require repayment of, or attempt in any other way to recoup, any payments described in subsection (b) in an attempt to offset any amount to be refunded pursuant to section 1. (b)

Payments Described

Payments described in this subsection are payments of antidumping duties made pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (section 754 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675c), repealed by subtitle F of title VII of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–171; 120 Stat. 154)) that were assessed and paid on imports of goods covered by section 1 when the entries for those goods were originally liquidated. (c)

Limitation

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of Homeland Security, or any other person, from requiring repayment of, or attempting to otherwise recoup, any payments described in subsection (b) as a result of a finding of false statements or other misconduct by a recipient of such a payment.